On Saturday afternoon, the Patriots announced that they had promoted practice squad cornerback Tony Carter to the 53-man roster, news which Carter had already known. He tweeted just beforehand, "Timing is everything."

As you can imagine, it was all pretty amazing for Carter (who signed a two-year deal worth $395,000 this year and $480,000 next year). Standard. The former Broncos player was active for two games last year in Denver, but he was on the practice squad all this year for the Pats until Sunday. Then, he played on special teams against the Packers.